5 6 3 . Hyszophorus russo-coriaceus. B. 4 Mill. “ Russian-
leather Hygrophorus.”
Sweet scented. Pileus very white, slightly viscid, convex,
fleshy; stem slender, smooth, solid ; gills broad, tbick, arched,
deourrent, very few, and distant.—RgrA, Outl.p. 200. Ann. N H
no. 332.
In exposed pastures. Rare.
Pileus about in. broad convex, fleshy, slightly viscid, ivory white. Stem
not a hne thick, incrassated upwards, smooth, solid, pure white •
gills thick, broad arched, decurrent, very few and distant, with a few shorter
lUssknTeTther;-!]! J A ® of
5 6 4 . Hygzophozus distans. Berk. “ Distant-gilled
Hygrophorus.”
Pileus somewhat fleshy, plane or depressed, viscid, white, with
a silky lustre, here and there stained with brown; stem white
above,_cmereous below, and attenuated, not spotted; gills few
very distant, subventricose, decurrent, pure white at first, then
tinged with cinereous, interstices obscurely nia-ose.—Berk Outl
p^200, t. 1 3 ,/. 1. Price, f . 5. H . clivalis, F r. Mon. H ym. ii. p.
In woods. Rare.
^iAbout 2 in. across, often umbilicate, remarkable for the few and distant
6 6 5 . Hygzophozus ovinus. Fr. “ Sheep Hygrophorus.”
^ Pileus fleshy, thin, conico-convex, tben expanded, gibbous,
viscid, then squamulose, brown; stem slightly stuffed, smooth
soinewhat shining, thickened at either end; gills arciiato-decui-
rent connected b j veins white, tben dingy, edge thin.—Dr. Epicr.
p . 328. Bull. t. 580. Huss. 11. t. 50. Ann. N .H . no. 262 A com-
pressus. Sow. t. 66.?
In pastures.
Stem about 2 m. long, 3 Hn. thick, sub-equal, or slightly thickened at
S Tin’ S d S toJtoh pneus z m. broad, at length ’r evolute, undulate. Gilla 3 loirn .b bLrcokatdh.-lrown
5 6 6 . Hygzophozus Colemannianus.
Hygrophorus.”
Blox. “ Coleman’s
Pileus sub-carnose, umbonate, umber, turning pale except in
the centre, even, striate wben moist, and slightly viscid. Stem
nearly equal, somewbat silky, wbitisb; gills ratber broad, o fth e
same colour as the pileus, distant, deeply decurrent, interstices
venoso-rugose.—Berk. Outl.p. 200. Ann. N .H . no. 701. Batsch.
f . 215 ?
In grassy pastures. Twycross.
Pileus 1-2 in. broad, at first sub-campanulate, atleugth expanded, strongly
umbonate, reddish umber, paler when dry, except in the centre, when moist
striate, and very obscurely viscid. Stem 1 in. or more high, 1-2 lines thick
brittle, fibrous, nearly equal, white, very slightly tinged with umber, somewhat
silky; gills umber, but paler than the pileus, strongly deourrent, broad,
distant, interstices strongly veined and rugose.—Spores '00025 X '0003 in.
long, obovate.
Sect. 3. Hygrocyhe.
5 6 7 . Hygzophozus Isetus. Fr. “ Shining Hygrophorus.”
Pileus tbin, convexo-plane, nearly even, viscid, somewhat
shining, tawny; stem tough, equal, tawny ; gills sub-decurrent,
thin, distant, paler.—Dr. Epicr. p. 330. Ann. N .H . no. 702.
On open pastures.
Stem hollow, 2-3 in. long, slender, 2 lin. thick, equal, tough, even, quite
smooth. Pileus about an inch broad, slightly fleshy, margin membranaceous,
obtuse, even, or slightly striate at the margin. Spores '0003 in. long, nearly
5 6 8 . Hygzophozus c e z a c e u s . Fr. “ Wax-like Hygrophorus.”
Brittle. Pileus tbin, convexo-plane, obtuse, slightly striate,
viscid, waxy, as well as tbe fistulose, unequal, shining stem;
gills adnate, sub-deourrent, distant, yellow.—Fr. Epicr.p. 330.
Jacq. C o ll.\\.t.\5 , f . 2 . Sow.t. 20. Eng. F I . y . p . 40.
In pastures. Common. [Cincinnati, United States.]
Pileus 1 in. broad, oouvexo-plaue, occasionally sub-umbonate, viscid, snb-
carnose , margin sub-striate ; gills very broad ( | of an inch), ventricose, connected
by veins. Stem 2-3J in. long, 2 lines or more thick, flexuous, equal,
or slightly unequal, sometimes compressed, yellow, occasionally orange at
the base.—iff. J. A. Spores '00026 X '00018 in.
5 6 9 . Hygzophozus c o c c in e u s . Fr. “ Carmine Hygrophorus.”
Fragile. Pileus tbin, convex, obtuse, viscid, scarlet, growing
pale, smootb ; stem hollow, compressed, yellowish ; gills adnate,
with a decurrent tooth, conneoted by veins, variously shaded.—
Dr. Epicr.p. 330. Schwff. t. 302. Bull. t. 570. f . 2, S. T.X. Huss.
i. t. 61. Fl.Dan. t. 7, 5. Sow. t. 381 {partly). Batt. t. 19,D. Eng.
Fl. V . p. 40. P ric e,/. 57. Vent. t. 52, f . 1-5.
In open pastures. Sept. Oct. Common.
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